# Encoding

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding/111214>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding/111214 "2007-08-03T21:22:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![flnative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@flnative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flnative)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding/111214/1 "2007-08-03T21:22:53Z")

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How can I encode a text with the characters &nbsp; or ö in readable  
text? The method unescapeHTML doesn’t solve this problem.

thanks for your answer…

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**Author:** ![flnative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@flnative](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/flnative)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/encoding/111214/2 "2007-08-03T22:40:05Z")

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El Aug 3, 2007, a las 9:22 PM, M. R.  
escribió:

> How can I encode a text with the characters &nbsp; or ö in  
> readable  
> text? The method unescapeHTML doesn’t solve this problem.

Have a look at [http://htmlentities.rubyforge.org/](http://htmlentities.rubyforge.org/).

– fxn